william pomerantz, i will do to respond to antony blinken. on cnn's state of the union ahead of the talks underway right now in geneva, switzerland. >> it seems unlikely putin will withdraw troops or take some of them off the border without some concessions by the u.s.. you have already said that those two are off the table. what about moving weaponry out of poland? what about limiting the scope of u.s. military exercise? >> i don't think we're going to see any breakthroughs in the coming weeks. we are going to be able to put things on the table. the russians will do the same and we will see if they are grounds for moving forward. here's what i can say. any progress that we are going to make is going to happen on a reciprocal basis. if the united states and europe are taking steps to address russia's concerns, russia will have to do the same thing. nothing is happening without europe. and it's hard to see making actual progress as opposed to talking in an atmosphere of escalation with a gun to ukraine's head. if we are going to actually make

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host: william pomerantz, from yesterday's "washington journal." independent line, we will go to you next. caller: ok, he just said the sanctions won't really do anything because russia lived through it before and did quite well. so what they are doing right now will more or less be useless according to what he just said. but i still agree that we should not be borrowing money and setting it to ukraine and all the other countries. it's not like we had it. instead of borrowing money and sending it to other countries to help them, we should be helping all these people in the united states that don't have hospital care, health care, they are hungry. one in six children don't have. why are we not taking care of ourselves instead of trying to take care of everybody else. that is where i still stand. host: ron, monroe township, new jersey. caller: i also agree with the previous caller. nato nations have these nuclear cannons aimed at russia and they increase the chance of an accidental nuclear war. i recommend that people read a book called demand and co

william pomerantz, i will do to respond to antony blinken. yesterday on cnn's state of the union ahead of the talks underway right now in geneva, switzerland. >> it seems unlikely putin will withdraw troops or take some of them off the border without some concessions by the u.s.. you have already said that those two are off the table. what about moving weaponry out of poland? what about limiting the scope of u.s. military exercise? >> i don't think we're going to see any breakthroughs in the coming weeks. we are going to be able to put things on the table. the russians will do the same and we will see if they are grounds for moving forward. here's what i can say. any progress that we are going to make is going to happen on a reciprocal basis. if the united states and europe are taking steps to address russia's concerns, russia will have to do the same thing. nothing is happening without europe. and it's hard to see making actual progress as opposed to talking in an atmosphere of escalation with a gun to ukraine's head. if we are going to actu